The Last Of Us Walkthrough Part 50 – Chapter 7: Tommy's Dam (The Ranch House)

Once there approach the ranch house on the horse and interact with it to dismount. Head on inside after that. Tommy will say he is going to wait downstairs while Ellie and Joel have a talk. He suspects, strongly, the pair have plenty to talk about.

While Ellie is not too hard to find there are 2 collectibles to be found first. Head on in through the front door and go for the back right room. Just inside it you will see a desk to the left. On it sits a Firefly Pendant. Grab it then you will want to head upstairs. Head into the first room on the left. Look to the left to find a window seat and on it another of the Comic Books. Take your time after that to go over the floor, room by room. There is a good number of Crafting Items found around before you meet up with Ellie. The two have a talk and things are not looking too good. Tommy interrupts to tell them that Bandits have closed in on the farm.

Time to deal with the bandits and take them out one at a time. Be sure to take liberal advantage of Listen Mode to track them down once they are out of sight. Immediately move over to the right and duck behind the door. Just wait for the bandit to move away from the present room. Wait there for a while for him to circle a bit so you can see what he does. When he goes for the bathroom, move up behind him, grab him then drag him into the bathroom and strangle him there. There is just one other Bandit on this floor in one of the rooms. He is the easy one.

With those 2 down it is time to work on the lower portion of the ranch house. A Smoke bomb will go off when Joel tells the others to hang back. Wait a moment then duck down into the smoke and wait on the first landing. One of the Bandits will come and sit at the base of the stairs. Lob another Smoke Bomb at him to daze him. In the smoke move in and take him out. There are 2 more that likely heard some of the commotion. Move into the nearby kicthen and wait for one of them to come to you. Take them down then that just leaves the armored one who is likely by the stairs. Take him out as well.

There are not any more bandits. After that just head straight on to the front door and out it. This will wrap up the chapter and the trio will get out to the horses. Tommy will not be taking Ellie there, Joel will instead. Tommy will explain to him that the laboratory he is looking for is at the University of Eastern Colorado. Apparently it looks like a giant mirror.